NSH 3 @ BUF 4 · Jan 31, 2025

Fri, Jan 31, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 61% of the time.

51%

10%

31%

BUF winsNSH wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NSH's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Nyquist–O'Reilly–Evangelista	Sissons–McCarron–Smith	Novak–L'Heureux–Svechkov	Stamkos–Marchessault–Forsberg	Nyquist–O'Reilly–Marchessault	Stamkos–Forsberg–Evangelista	Skjei–Blankenburg	Josi–Barron	Schenn–Wilsby
Thompson–Peterka–Kulich	2:410.07–0.09	3:490.10–0.11	0:360.05–0.00	1:140.07–0.03		0:360.00–0.00	4:190.18–0.16	5:400.16–0.16	1:060.08–0.09
Zucker–Tuch–Cozens	3:580.01–0.40	1:070.09–0.06	0:400.00–0.00	1:510.16–0.05			1:550.15–0.06	3:340.17–0.51	2:310.00–0.00
McLeod–Krebs–Quinn	1:020.09–0.20		4:310.39–0.14		1:200.11–0.06		3:030.29–0.17	1:450.00–0.17	2:200.23–0.09
Malenstyn–Kozak–Benson		2:360.00–0.01	0:370.00–0.00	2:040.02–0.00			2:550.02–0.00	0:330.00–0.00	2:420.01–0.01
Malenstyn–McLeod–Krebs	0:510.12–0.00			0:330.00–0.00				0:310.00–0.00
Dahlin–Byram	2:550.01–0.10	5:330.00–0.12	3:080.28–0.10			0:420.08–0.00	4:480.36–0.08	4:560.01–0.16	4:080.00–0.11
Samuelsson–Power	1:300.00–0.46			4:350.29–0.05	1:010.11–0.00		3:190.18–0.05	4:530.33–0.52	0:510.01–0.03
Jokiharju–Bryson	2:250.09–0.08	0:590.10–0.06	2:420.02–0.04	1:050.02–0.00			3:260.14–0.10	0:430.00–0.00	2:200.09–0.17
Dahlin–Power	0:390.00–0.06	0:490.00–0.02						1:390.00–0.15
Samuelsson–Dahlin	0:390.07–0.01						0:330.00–0.00		1:140.07–0.01
Bryson–Byram	0:430.00–0.00		0:350.00–0.00				0:550.00–0.16		0:320.00–0.00
Jokiharju–Dahlin
Samuelsson–Byram				0:430.08–0.00					0:300.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

BUFNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Bowen ByramBUF	29	26:19	0:54	2:04	6	2
Rasmus DahlinBUF	29	25:39	0:53	2:13	6	1
Roman JosiNSH	24	25:02	1:03	2:54	4	4
Brady SkjeiNSH	27	21:53	0:49	1:38	1	1
Ryan O'ReillyNSH	23	21:41	0:57	2:22	2	6
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	28	21:38	0:46	2:25	3	8
Owen PowerBUF	28	20:42	0:44	1:41	4	6
Nick BlankenburgNSH	26	19:27	0:45	1:29	1	2
Gustav NyquistNSH	22	19:18	0:53	2:04	2	4
Steven StamkosNSH	21	18:36	0:53	1:40	7	2
JJ PeterkaBUF	23	18:33	0:48	1:38	8	0
Filip ForsbergNSH	21	18:20	0:52	1:52	3	2
Alex TuchBUF	25	18:14	0:44	1:09	3	8
Jonathan MarchessaultNSH	20	17:55	0:54	2:04	6	1
Justin BarronNSH	21	17:13	0:49	1:22	2	4
Tage ThompsonBUF	23	17:07	0:45	1:19	7	0
Luke EvangelistaNSH	19	16:21	0:52	1:20	2	4
Jiri KulichBUF	22	15:44	0:43	1:21	7	1
Adam WilsbyNSH	19	15:06	0:48	1:49	0	4
Dylan CozensBUF	20	15:05	0:45	1:20	4	4
Ryan McLeodBUF	23	14:43	0:38	1:35	3	4
Colton SissonsNSH	21	14:26	0:41	1:05	1	5
Jason ZuckerBUF	20	13:48	0:41	1:44	4	3
Peyton KrebsBUF	20	13:44	0:41	1:52	2	1
Luke SchennNSH	21	13:19	0:38	1:32	0	4
Zachary L'HeureuxNSH	15	12:56	0:52	1:32	0	0
Cole SmithNSH	19	12:52	0:41	1:19	0	4
Zach BensonBUF	17	12:39	0:45	1:09	1	0
Jacob BrysonBUF	18	12:33	0:42	1:15	1	1
Jack QuinnBUF	18	12:27	0:42	1:34	3	0
Beck MalenstynBUF	17	12:20	0:44	1:15	2	1
Michael McCarronNSH	18	11:55	0:40	1:05	0	4
Tommy NovakNSH	15	11:53	0:48	1:37	1	0
Henri JokiharjuBUF	15	10:43	0:43	1:31	2	0
Tyson KozakBUF	15	10:02	0:40	0:56	1	0
Fedor SvechkovNSH	13	9:48	0:45	1:11	0	0

Nashville Predators 3, Buffalo Sabres 4

Who was on the ice

Shift totals